Council Members Claim Kamenetz Retaliation Over Pension Vote
Four Baltimore County Council members accused County Executive Kevin Kamenetz of cutting off their access to department heads and of intentionally delaying projects in their districts.
Four members of the Baltimore County Council say County Executive Kevin Kamenetz is retaliating against them by delaying projects in their districts after they voted to table the administration's pension bill last month. Council Chairwoman Vicki Almond, Councilman Ken Oliver and Councilman Tom Quirk—all Democrats—and Councilman David Marks, a Republican, said their access to county department heads to address constituent concerns has been greatly diminished since the day after they voted March 19 to table the bill. All said they believe the executive is further penalizing them by withholding money for projects in each of their districts while providing funds to council districts whose members voted to pass the pension bill. Oliver said …
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8:40 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The fire department has been asking for laptops to help increase productivity in support services for years and are constantly being turned down. The other monetary perk was the drop. only those with over 32 years of service were eligable for that. But why were these drop payments criticized? They are less offensive that KK and Gardina and others double diping with their county council pension. … more ›